MEET the three Labour candidates running to represent Middlewich at the Cheshire East Council election next week.
The public will be asked to choose who they want to represent them on the borough council on Thursday, May 4.
Across the borough, 254 candidates are vying for 82 seats, including three in Middlewich.
The council is currently run by a joint Labour and Independent administration after the Conservatives, who had been in control since the council was formed in 2009, lost their majority in 2019.
Carol Bulman, Mike Hunter, and Jonathan Parry are the Labour candidates who are each seeking to be re-elected as a borough councillor.
Carol has represented Middlewich for eight years, including four as a borough councillor.
She is a retired teacher and is a governor at nearby Sandbach School and Sir John Deane’s college, putting her teaching experience to use, as well as being vice chair of the Children’s Committee and sitting on the Foster Panel.
She is also the cook and ‘washer-upper’ at Cheshire East Council Youth Support, while helping with the Community Hub, which brings free advice to residents on their doorstep.
She is pushing for better access to doctors and dentists.
Mike has been a town and borough councillor for more than 30 years, on and off.
A former ‘potbank’ worker, he describes himself as ‘born and bred’ in Middlewich.
Over the last four years, Mike has focused on defending the town from over-development and successfully saw off a threat from Cheshire East Council to impose parking charges.
He is pushing to bring car parks under town council control.
Jonathan has been a town councillor for seven years and borough councillor for four years.
In that time Jonathan has focused on tackling the pothole crisis and improving highway maintenance.
He successfully led the campaign to save Middlewich tip.
Jonathan is a graphics designer and has lived in the town for 18 years.
A full list of Middlewich candidates:
John Bird (Independent)
Robert Brittain (Conservative)
Carol Bulman (Labour)
Paul Edwards (Conservative)
David Harrop (Conservative)
Michael Hunter (Labour)
Cerys Jones (Green Party)
Garnet Marshall (Independent)
Jonathan Parry (Labour)
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